L.A. Chic

L.A. ChicLos Angeles is undergoing a makeover. Leaving behind its image as all freeways and suburbs, sunshine and noir, it is reinventing itself for the twenty first century as a walkable, pedestrian friendly, ecologically healthy and global urban hotspot of fashion and style, while driving initiatives to rejuvenate its downtown core, public spaces and ethnic neighborhoods. By providing a locational history of Los Angeles fashion and style mythologies through

This book shows its comprehensive history from conception to the present

education and artistic practices

Based on a conference organised in conjunction with the University of London

archaeologists and artists

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Space is the ultimate canvas for the imagination

This second edition will be an important resource for anyone interested in arts education

using public sphere theories to examine relations between counterpublics and social change

digital helmet and reengineered skateboard

Transition Tradition

and rising playwrights

Sure to be of interest to lovers of the city